Programme of Events January

Programme of Events January - March 2019 TOWN HALL THEATRE · BLACK BOX THEATRE · TOWN HALL STUDIO JANUARY - MARCH 2019 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE

DECEMBER Sat 29-Sun 13 Jan Renmore Pantomime - Sleeping Beauty Various THT Family 6 FEBRUARY Thu 21-Sat 23 Deception - Keith Barry 8pm BB Hypnotist 20 JANUARY Sat 12 The Roy Orbison Story - Barry Steele 8pm BB Music 7 Thu 21 Gearóid Farrelly 8.30pm Studio Comedy 20 Tue 15 One Night, Two Days - First Fortnight/IFI National 8pm THT Film 7 Sun 24 Swan Lake - Royal Moscow Ballet 2pm & 8pm THT Ballet 21 Mon 14-Thu 17 The Monday B.C. - JokerThief 8.30pm Studio Theatre 8 Mon 25-Thu 28 Postcards from the Ledge - Ross O’Carroll-Kelly 8pm THT Theatre 21 Wed 16 Reeling in the Showband Years 8pm THT Music 8 Thu 28 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Thu 17 Controlled Substance - Neil Delamere 8pm THT Comedy 8 Mon 25-Thu 28 APOPTOSIS - Calamity Theatre 8.30pm Studio Theatre 22 Fri 18 Indian Summers: Brahms, Strauss - Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 4pm THT Talk 10 MARCH Fri 1 A Vision of Elvis 8pm THT Music 22 Fri 18 Bach/Mendelssohn/Brahms/Strauss - Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 8pm THT Music 10 Fri 1 A Night of Stand Up 8.30pm Studio Comedy 22 Sat 19 Richard Wigmore Talk - Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 11.30am THT Talk 11 Sat 2 Breathe - The Pink Floyd Experience 8pm THT Music 22 Sat 19 20th Century Duos at 2 - Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 2pm THT Music 11 Sun 3 Bosco’s Garden & Snow White 2pm & 4pm THT Family 23 Sat 19 Hans Gal, Schuman, Beethoven - Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 7pm THT Music 11 Mon 4-Tue 5 Coirm Gael Linn Various THT Variety 23 Sat 19 Schubert - Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 10pm THT Music 11 Mon 4 John Connor - Ireland’s Call 8pm THT Theatre 23 Sun 20 Interview with the Composer - Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 11am THT Talk 11 Wed 6 Rapids - Talkingshop Ensemble 8pm THT Theatre 23 Sun 20 Swansong - Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 3pm THT Music 11 Wed 6, Fri 8, Sat 9 The 39 Steps - Diffused Theatre 8.30pm Studio Theatre 25 Sun 20 Death in Venice - Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 6.30pm THT Film 11 Thu 7 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Wed 23-Fri 25 Back to the 80s - Coláiste na Coiribe 8pm BB Family 9 Thu 7 Kevin McGahern 8.30pm Studio Comedy 24 Thu 24 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Fri 8-Wed 3 Apr On the Boards - Brian Bourke THT Gallery Exhibition 32 Thu 24 Crowman - Jon Kenny 8pm THT Comedy 9 Fri 8-Sat 9 Mar Wit - Galway Youth Theatre 8pm THT Theatre 24 Thu 24 Looking Up - Chris Kent 8.30pm Studio Comedy 9 Sat 9 You Can Come In, But Don’t Start Anything - Jason Byrne 8pm BB Comedy 24 Fri 25-Sun 27 Subtitle International Film Festival Various THT Film 12 Tue 12-Sat 16 Footloose - Twin Productions Various THT Musical 25 Tues 29 Fly Me to the Moon by Marie Jones 8pm THT Theatre 15 Wed 13 Fresh Film Festival 2019 10.15am THT Film 28 Thu 31 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Thu 14 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Thu 31 Alison Spittle Makes a Show of Herself 8pm THT Comedy 15 Fri 15 The Two Johnnies 8pm BB Comedy 25 FEBRUARY Fri 1 A Viennese Strauss Gala 8pm THT Music 15 Tue 19-Wed 20 2019 Shakespeare Sessions - Cyclone Rep Various THT Schools 26 Fri 1 Forbidden Nights 8pm BB Entertainment 16 Thu 21-Sat 23 Wooly’s Quest - Branar Various THT Children 26 Sat 2 Flash Harry - A Celebration of Queen 8pm THT Music 16 Thu 21-Sat 23 Bull - SamePage Theatre 8.30pm Studio Theatre 26 Tue 5 This is the Funeral of Your Life - Louise White 8pm THT Theatre 16 Fri 22-Sat 23 Take The Points - Des Bishop 8pm THT Comedy 27 Tue 5-Sat 9 Pippin - Galway University Musical Society 8pm BB Musical 17 Tue 26-Wed 27 Menopause the Musical Various THT Comedy 27 Thu 7 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Wed 27-Sat 30 Grand - Westworks & Simulacra Theatre 8.30pm Studio Theatre 27 Thu 7 Ted X Galway 7.30pm THT Talk 17 Thu 28 The West End in Concert 8pm THT Music 28 Fri 8 Derek Ryan 8pm THT Music 17 Fri 29 Rory’s Stories 8pm THT Comedy 28 Sat 9 Bell X1 8pm THT Music 17 Sat 30 Ricky Tomlinson 8pm THT Comedy 28 Sat 9 Feb-Wed 6 Mar Flesh - Group Exhibition THT Gallery Exhibition 17 APRIL Wed 3 Gleebag - Joanne McNally 8pm THT Comedy 30 Tue 12-Sat 16 Port Authority - Decadent Theatre Company 8pm THT Theatre 18 Thu 4-Fri 5 Finbar Furey 8pm BB Music 30 Tue 12-Sat 16 Wake - NoRopes Theatre Company 8.30pm Studio Theatre 19 Fri 5-Sat 6 Furniture - Druid Various THT Theatre 29 Thu 14 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Tue 23 - Sat 27 The Country Girls - The Abbey Theatre Various THT Theatre 31 Thu 14-Sat 16 Craicling - Foil, Arms & Hog 8pm BB Comedy 19 Tue 30 How to be Human - Ruby Wax 8pm THT Talk/Comedy 30 Mon 18 On Blueberry Hill - Fishamble 8pm THT Theatre 19 MAY Sun 19 Into the Punset - Stewart Francis 8pm THT Comedy 30 Tue 19 Eddi Reader 8pm THT Music 20 Thu 21 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Thu 21-Sat 23 3 Hail Marys 8pm THT Theatre 20 Please note Management reserve the right to make essential changes to the programme. 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r i a C o h m 6 7 Barry Steele in 40th THE ROY ORBISON ANNUAL Natural and Human Heritages STORY RENMORE PANTOMIME SPRING LUNCHTIME SERIES 2019 Sat 12 January 8pm Thursdays 1.10pm - 1.50pm Tickets €28* Admission Free (Ticket required, advance booking advisable) Get ready for an upbeat night of solid gold 60s The School of Geography & Archaeology, NUI Galway continues its successful run hits and 80s contemporary genius as Barry Steele eepig eu of public lectures exploring the relationship between archaeology, geography and & friends: The Roy Orbison Story celebrates the eepig eu musical legacy of The Big O. The production also the natural world. features original material written but never sung by Roy Orbison and showcases Thurs 24 Jan Drones in Archaeology: Current Technology and Future Perspectives elements of the Hologram Tour alongside chart busting hits originally made famous by Speaker: Dr. Paul Naessens Jerry Lee Lewis, Procol Harum, Del Shannon, Chris Isaak, The Spencer Davis Group and Thurs 31 Jan State Supported Segregation? a stunningly brilliant accolade as the whole cast comes together to pay homage to the Examining School Choice and Migrant Clustering in Irish Schools original super group The Travelling Wilburys. Speaker: Dr. Valerie Ledwith Thurs 7 Feb Between North and South, East and West. First Fortnight Prehistoric Connections and Transitions in Co Roscommon in partnership with the IFI National Speaker: Dr. Carleton Jones TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT Thurs 14 Feb China and Global Value Chains in the Trump Era Speaker: Prof. Séamus Grimes Tues 15 January 8pm Tickets €9*/€7* Thurs 21 Feb Gaelic Learned Family Settlements and Lifeways 1200-1600AD Renmore Pantomime celebrates 40 years of family entertainment with an original script by Sat 29 December 2018 - Sun 13 January 2019 Speaker: Prof. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Oscar winner Marion Cotillard is impressive as Panto Dame Peter Kennedy that brings new life to the traditional tale of Sleeping Beauty. Thurs 28 Feb What’s Left to do with Bogs? Sandra, a woman who returns to work at solar plant 7.30pm Sat 29 Dec, Tues 1, Thurs 3, Fri 4, Sat 5, Tues 8, Wed 9, after suffering from depression to find out that her Following a planned wedding between two of Ireland’s most successful Eurovision stars, for The History and Future of Irish Peatlands Thurs 10, Fri 11, Sat 12 Jan colleagues have chosen to take a yearly bonus at the sole purpose of providing a genetically perfect Eurovision star of the future… Beauty has Speaker: Dr. Terry Morley the expense of her job. She has just one weekend to been selected to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest, but the Wicked Queen has 2.30pm Sat 29 & Mon 31 Dec, Tues 1, Sat 5 & Sat 12 Jan Thurs 7 March Acknowledging the Human Side of Farm Succession and convince them to change their minds in order to regain other ideas, and puts the Princess to sleep for a hundred years. Will her family and friends be 12 noon & 4.30pm Sun 30 Dec, Sun 6** & Sun 13 Jan Land Mobility in Later Life: A Roadmap for Future Generational her position. What follows is arguably the Dardenne able to save her? Is it possible to turn back time? All will be revealed before our tale reaches Renewal in Agriculture Policy **There will be a sensory friendly performance on Sun 6 January 12pm brothers’ greatest cinematic achievement to date. its happily ever after! Speaker: Dr. Shane Conway Tickets €18*/€16* Suitable for ages 15A. There will be a post-screening Well-known Galway performers, electrifying dance routines and the charming Renmore Thurs 14 March Elite Settlement in north Roscommon, 1100-1350 discussion on the topics raised in the film. Smurfs bring their unique sparkle to this seasonal feast of family entertainment. Further details on www.renmorepantomime.com Speaker: Dr. Kieran O’Conor FIRST FORTNIGHT IS A CHARITY THAT CHALLENGES MENTAL HEALTH PREJUDICE THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTION. THIS FILM SCREENING IS PART OF THE ANNUAL FIRST FORTNIGHT FESTIVAL. 8 9 JokerThief Kenny is brilliant in the role CHRIS KENT 10th Anniversary! THE IRISH EXAMINER REELING IN THE LOOKING UP

SHOWBAND YEARS Thurs 24 January 8.30pm Tickets €12* Wed 16 January 8pm € Tickets 30* Cork comedian Chris Kent returns with his 6th solo show. Chris has spent the past year balancing It’s the 10th Anniversary - and the biggest and comedy with being a stay at home dad and trying to best yet! With RTÉ’s Ronan Collins as host and grow a beard. He has also removed the word “mate” compere and featuring Red Hurley, Linda Martin, from his vocabulary as it takes too much effort to Dave Lawlor, Keith and Lorraine McDonald, The say in an Irish accent. Conquerors and Ireland’s irrepressible Eurovision stars Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg. Jon Kenny in HHHHH CROWMAN Among the best A New Play by Katie Holly acts I’ve seen THE MIRROR Mon 14 - Thurs 17 January 8.30pm HHHHH Compelling Tickets €12*/€10* Neil Delamere You’ll be hard-pressed to Thurs 24 January storyteller, Tickets €20*/€15* CONTROLLED find a more gifted comic at truly surprising, the Fringe In this stunning new play by Katie Holly, Jon Kenny beautifully Long-dead prophets Moses, Isaiah and Ezekiel are SUBSTANCE THE SCOTSMAN plays numerous characters but primarily Dan, a man delivered

ill at ease in eternity. Upon receiving summons HHHHH in his 50s who is living alone. Dan is a loner and feels THE SCOTSMAN to a heavenly boardroom, they learn that their Thurs 17 January 8pm himself an outsider looking in on the community but One lean, mean, comedy, preaching and scriptures have imperilled Judaism. Tickets €24* he discovers during the play that he is not as much an Moreover, the Boss Himself has been overdoing killing machine outsider as he thinks. When he hears about the passing the smiting. A new prophet is due - the three Fresh from a sell-out tour, the star of BBC’s HERALD of a dear friend, he is forced to look back on his own veterans must devise a business pitch that will The Blame Game and Soft Border Patrol, troubled youth and face up to his demons. reverse Judaism’s flagging fortunes. Should they Neil Delamere, returns with a brand Wed 23 - Fri 25 January 8pm new show. This time he thinks At times poignant and tragic, this play also has warmth fail, the Boss will have them cast down to hell. Tickets €15*/€12* he has that whole “illusion of and humour as Jon slips seamlessly in and out of the Duration 80 minutes, no interval control” idea sussed. Then many uproariously funny characters. Duration 2 hours 15 minutes, including interval again he would think that, Duration 75 minutes, including interval wouldn’t he? 10 11 CONTEMPO QUARTET In association with the Galway Music Residency AILISH TYNAN soprano MIDWINTER FESTIVAL HENK NEVEN baritone FINGHIN COLLINS piano LEON McCAWLEY piano INTIMATIONS OF MORTALITY Swansong MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet DEATH IN Friday 18 to Sunday 20 January Friday 18 January 4.00pm Saturday 19 January 11.30am Sunday 20 January 11.00am VENICE TOWN HALL THEATRE Richard Wigmore Talk Richard Wigmore Talk Interview with the composer As part of the Midwinter Festival Indian Summers: Brahms, Strauss and a sense of the past Reinventing Romanticism: JOHN KINSELLA String Quartet No. 5 we partner once more with the late music of Schumann and Fauré Friday 18 January 8.00pm BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115 the Galway Film Society for the The term Swan Song is derived 2.00pm BACH Art of Fugue (extracts) Saturday 19 January Sunday 20 January 3.00pm screening of Lucchino Visconti’s FANNY MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio, Op. 11 20th CENTURY DUOS AT TWO masterpiece Death in Venice. from the legend that, while they String Quartet, Op. 103 BRAHMS Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119 Sonatas by Debussy, Poulenc and Shostakovich HAYDN Not only is the theme of the film SCHUMANN Five Poems of Mary Stuart, Op. 135 STRAUSS Four Last Songs appropriate for our Swansong are silent during the rest of their Saturday 19 January 7.00pm SCHUMANN Fairy Tales, Op. 132 Midwinter Festival, but the lives, swans sing beautifully and HANS GÁL 24 Fugues for Piano, Op. 108 – a selection BRITTEN String Quartet No. 3 SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 MOZART Three Songs, K.596, 597, 598 obsessive use of the Adagietto mournfully just before they die. BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 SCHUBERT Shepherd on the Rock, D.965 from Mahler’s fifth symphony BEETHOVEN String Quartet, Op. 130: Finale will haunt all who watch this FAURÉ String Quartet, Op. 121 mesmerising movie. FAURÉ L’horizon chimérique, Op. 118 Tickets: €25/€22.50 / Students (full time) €10 / MfG Friends €21 RAVEL Don Quichotte à Dulcinée This is a special screening in Daytime Concerts: €15/€13.50 / Students (full time) €6 / MfG Friends €12 CHAUSSON Chanson Perpétuelle association with the Galway Late Night: €12 /€10 / Students (full time) €6 / MfG Friends €8 Galway Film Society. Festival Ticket: €100 / € 90 (excludes film) Saturday 19 January 10.00pm City Booking: Town Hall Theatre 091 569777 or www.musicforgalway.ie SCHUBERT Schwanengesang D.957 Council Sunday 20 January 7.30pm ENDURING I DIVERSE I COLLABORATIVE ENDURING I DIVERSE I COLLABORATIVE Tickets: €10/€8 12 13

IN CONJUNCTION WITH TOWN HALL THEATRE, SUBTITLE EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL, IS DELIGHTED TO RETURN TO GALWAY TO PRESENT SOME OF ITS MOST POPULAR TITLES FOR Fri 25, Sat 26 & Sun 27 January A WEEKEND BEST OF! COME AND SEE POPULAR, ACCESSIBLE COMEDIES, THRILLERS AND See all 8 films for €65* DRAMAS, FOR A MAGICAL WEEKEND OF CINEMA.

FRI 6.30PM-8PM TICKETS €9*/€8* FRI 8.30PM-10.15PM & SUN 3.15PM-5PM SAT 1PM-2:30PM TICKETS €9*/€8* SAT 3PM-4.45PM TICKETS €9*/€8* SAT 5.15PM-6.45PM TICKETS €10*/€9* SAT 7.15-10.15PM & SUN 5.30PM-8PM A HORRIBLE WOMAN TICKETS €10*/€9* THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AT WAR STYX TICKETS €12*/€10* Dir: Christian Tafdrup THE TROUBLE WITH YOU Dir: Samuel Tilman Dir: Stéphane Brizé Dir: Wolfgang Fischer UNKNOWN SOLDIER DENMARK | 90 MINS | 2017 | DRAMA | COLOUR | DCP Dir: Pierre Salvadori BELGIUM | 90 MINS | 2017 | THRILLER | COLOUR | DCP FRANCE | 113 MINS | 2018 | DRAMA | COLOUR | DCP GERMANY | 94 MINS | 2017 | DRAMA | COLOUR | DCP FRANCE | 108 MINS | 2017 | COMEDY | COLOUR | DCP (Tuntematon Sotilas) When Rasmus meets Marie, he is certain that she is David is a happy young father. He has a wife he loves, This is a forceful timely and extremely provocative film Rike, a doctor from Europe, embodies a typical Western Dir: Aku Louhimies the love of his life. However, it doesn’t take long before The Trouble With You is a terrific screwball crime comedy two adorable young children, and a tight-knit tribe of from Stéphane Brizé which charts the human cost of a model of happiness and success. She is educated, FINLAND | 179 MINS | 2017 | DRAMA | COLOUR | DCP it turns out she is a possessive and manipulative with a sparkling central performance from former French friends he and his family always go away on holiday group of workers trying to keep their jobs in the face of confident, determined and committed. Leaving behind A Subtitle Irish premiere, UNKNOWN SOLDIER is the biggest being, that cunningly dissects Rasmus to pieces. This Shooting Star, Adèle Haenel. Yvonne is a police detective with. However, on returning from their last trip away modern capitalism. Despite heavy financial sacrifices on her everyday life as an emergency doctor, she fulfils a ever-grossing picture in Finland ($17m) and is nothing is the story of the woman’s destructive insistence in a town on the French Riviera and the young widow of in the Vosges, David is taken in for questioning by the the part of their employees and record profits that year, long-held dream and sails out to sea alone in her sailing short of a triumph from director, Aku Louhimies. The film on dominance in a relationship from the man’s point police chief Santi, a local hero. One day, she learns that police as part of a murder investigation. Before long the the management of Perrin Industries decides to shut down boat. Her goal: Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. is based on a best-selling book by Väinö Linna, who wrote of view. It’s a beautifully crafted film that playfully her husband - killed in the line of duty two years ago investigation reveals that all is not what it seems behind a factory. The 1100 employees, led by their spokesman But her dream holiday is quickly broken off on the about his personal experiences in the war and it follows interrogates how love works and what happens when - was in fact a crooked cop. Shocked by her discovery, the happy and respectable facade of David’s life. Even Laurent Amédéo, decide to fight this brutal decision, ready high seas, when, after a storm, she finds herself near a platoon of ordinary Finnish soldiers in the battlefield it all breaks down. It’s a film full of insight and wit she is determined to right all the wrongs he committed, if Noël, his best friend, and Marco, his lawyer, stand by to do everything to save their employment. As the stakes a stricken fishing boat. Around a hundred people are between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War on modern relationships and it is held together by a which eventually leads her to an innocent young man, him come what may, in his entourage doubt begins to rise, so do the problems and the harsh realities of working about to drown. Rike follows maritime law and radios 2. Linna’s depiction of the human psyche and warm winning, charismatic performance from Amanda Collin. Antoine, who was unjustly imprisoned by Santi for 8 long spread and clans begin to form. In exploring the troubling in the manufacturing industry in today’s free-market for help, but in the absence of answers, she is forced humour make the story still very relevant, but significantly years. Their encounter leads to a troublesome but very power of judgement by intuition and the very nature of world come into full focus. At its centre is yet another to make a momentous decision. This film is anchored Louhimies has based his picture on the uncensored version funny series of misadventures, wild mishaps and bizarre doubt, director Samuel Tilman has created a gripping extraordinary performance from Vincent London, and the by an urgent, compelling performance from German of the story, which has allowed him to anchor the film with accidents, all of which combine to deliver a romantic film, ramping up the tension with each passing scene. At film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year: “The actress Susanna Wolff. an unflinching realism, which is one of his trademarks. With comedy with unique quality. Directed with real style by its centre is a brilliantly judged, compelling performance reaction in Cannes’ largest cinema hall was overwhelming; a cast of incredibly talented actors to the photography and Pierre Salvadori, the acting is top class across the board, from Fabrizioi Rongione. no film has received such an ovation for a long time. images, you are simply spellbound by the level of artistry at including an excellent cameo from Audrey Tautou. Hanns-Georg Rodek, Die Welt play in the hands of a master film-maker. 14 15 From the Olivier Award winning Breezily chatty author of Stones in his Pockets and effusively funny, Alison FLY ME TO Spittle is a likeable THE MOON combination of A comedy written and directed by openness and chortling mischief. MARIE JONES THE SCOTSMAN Tues 29 January 8pm Tickets €20*

Francis and Loretta are community care visitors. Davey, one of their elderly charges, has had a significant win on the horses, but he doesn’t know. When the cash-strapped women learn that Lisa Richards presents € € € € SUN 12.45PM-2.45PM TICKETS 9*/ 8* SUN 9PM-11PM TICKETS 10*/ 9* Davey will not be around for a considerable time ALISON SPITTLE THE REALM C’EST LA VIE they are faced with a mouth-watering dilemma. Dir: Rodrigo Sorogoyen Dir: Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano This hilarious comedy investigates whether we MAKES A SHOW OF Spain | 127 mins | 2018 | Thriller | DCP France | 117 mins | Comedy | Colour | DCP Friday 25 are valued more in life or in death. 6.30pm A HORRIBLE WOMAN (Denmark) Manuel Gómez Vidal is a beloved politician in his The dynamic duo behind the 2011 smash hit, The Starring Abigail McGibbon and Katie Tumelty. HERSELF region: he enjoys a good social standing, has a loving Intouchables – Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache 8.30pm THE TROUBLE WITH YOU (France) Fri 1 February 8pm Tickets €22.50/€20* family, friends everywhere and oozes natural charisma. – reunite for this new comedy in which a wedding Thurs 31 January 8pm € However, he is also a corrupt man who has been threatens to erupt into an utter nightmare for the party’s Saturday 26 Tickets 15* Now in its 15th year and back with a sparkling new enriching himself with public funds for many years. After cantankerous planner. Max (Jean-Pierre Bacri) has run 1pm THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT (Belgium) anniversary production, recreating the romance of attempting to cover up for an associate, Manuel is left a catering company for 30 years and today is Pierre Tatler comedian of the year and the star and writer of 3pm AT WAR (France) the Viennese Festive season. The show features exposed and to his surprise, the Party’s members seek to and Helena’s big day. As usual, Max has recruited his RTÉ’s Nowhere Fast and Culchie Club, this is Alison’s 5.15pm STYX (Germany) highlights from some of the great Operettas of place the blame for the entire scandal on his shoulders team of waiting staff, cooks, and dishwashers and has hilarious follow up to her smash-hit tours and multi 7.15pm UNKNOWN SOLDIER (Finland) the Strauss family, Kalman and Lehar including alone. However, Vidal is not one to give in easily even as advised the couple on a photographer and reserved fringe award nominated shows, Worrier Princess and Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, the Gypsy his life seems to be falling apart. The Realm brilliantly the band. Everything is in place to make the party a Discovers Hawaii. Baron and many more.The European Orchestral examines how far a person willing to go in order to hold success. However, as things begin to fall apart, we get Sunday 27 Alison is doing a second tour and a second night in Vicar Ensemble will accompany four soloists from major on to power and the film fizzes with energy, plot twists a behind-the-scenes look at a wedding party through 12.45pm THE REALM (Spain) street, she’s very excited and has warned her family opera companies including Opera North, English underscored with a thrilling soundtrack from Olivier the eyes of the people working on it. They will all have 3.15pm THE TROUBLE WITH YOU (France) not to heckle her this time. She’s looking forward to National Opera and D’Oyly Carte. This wonderful Arson. It also features some of Spain’s finest acting to count on their one common quality: they know 5.30pm UNKNOWN SOLDIER (Finland) discovering new towns, friendly people and the fresh production is cleverly staged and choreographed, talent, with the central role superbly played by Spain’s what it means to throw a good party. C’est La Vie is a 9pm C’EST LA VIE (France) delights of the new service stations across the country. and authentically costumed, and will appeal to most versatile actor, Antonio de la Torré. This political deliciously deadpan comic soufflé, which ripped up the Support from the hilarious Julie Jay. the romantic as much as the music aficionado. It thriller is a treat and not to be missed. box office in France – definitely one not to miss. continues to be hugely popular all over the country. 16 17 SOLD OUT! Louise White presents Tues 5 February 8pm Join us… THIS IS THE Tickets €16*/€15* we’ve got magic to do! TEDX GALWAY Leave behind the emails, the bills, the deadlines. Pippin is a 1972 musical The quest for recognition, fame and glory. with music and lyrics by Thurs 7 February 7.30pm FUNERAL OF € € We are here. Together. Now. Stephen Schwartz and a Tickets 27.50*/ 25* YOUR LIFE Watch us facilitate your funeral in real time, in this book by Roger O. Hirson. Now in its 3rd year TEDx Galway live event featuring an actor, a dancer and a mezzo The musical uses the continues to be a shining light for all soprano. Find out who you really are. premise of a mysterious that is noteworthy, challenging and HHHH No really...You. performance troupe, led inspiring in Galway. TEDx Galway is An unexpectedly funny and Right in front of you. by a Leading Player, to tell locally organised event inspired and the story of Pippin, a young uplifting play about your own Like never before. licensed by TED Talks. Duration 200 minutes, including intervals I mean we’re all dying anyway. prince on his search for death. Elegant, dignified, meaning and significance. skillfully put together Inventive theatre-maker Louise White brings us this Fri 1 February 8pm THE IRISH TIMES poignant and heart-warming show about death and Tues 5 - Sat 9 February 8pm Duration 2 hours SOLD OUT! Tickets E28.50* the challenges of living. Tickets €15*/€12* 30 minutes, including interval BELL X1 Back due to phenomenal public demand! Duration 65 minutes, no interval ACOUSTIC-ISH WITH DOWRY STRINGS

Sat 9 February 8pm DEREK RYAN Tickets €30*

Fri 8 February 8pm Tickets €30*

Derek Ryan continues to maintain his position at the top table of Irish Country Town Hall Theatre Gallery Music’s elite with his brand of original material and country classics. EXHIBITIONS For more, visit www.tht.ie His recent number one album The Fire spawned the hits Heaven Tonight and Homeland which will be featured along FLESH Sat 2 February 8pm with his many classics Hold On To Your Tickets €28* Hat, God’s Plan and Life Is A River during A group exhibition this concert tour. Don’t miss! Sat 9 Feb - Wed 6 March 18 19 FOIL ARMS & HOG CRAICLING Fishamble: The New Play Company ON BLUEBERRY HILL Thurs 14 - Sat 16 February 8pm Tickets €25* Mon 18 February 8pm Tickets €20*/€18* PORT AUTHORITY Former children and regular eaters Foil Arms & Hog return to Galway in spring 2019 with their “Now we’ve lived together in contentment, NoRopes Theatre Company new show. Craicling is a fast paced sketch show more or less, for nigh on twenty year. Like featuring a class on how to hold a baby, a Gregorian turtle doves. – In prison, I mean, for fuck’s Conor McPherson WAKE chant about life as a monk and the assassination of a classically trained actor. Best known for their sake, the chances of that.” YouTube videos (100 million online hits), their live A young boy leaves home for the first time. A man begins a job for which he is not qualified. show is what they’re most proud of. In Sebastian Barry’s unique style, Fishamble’s On Tues 12 - Sat 16 February 8.30pm Blueberry Hill features best of friends and worst of A pensioner receives a mysterious package. Painting a vivid picture of life in contemporary Preview Tues 12 February enemies Christy and PJ, played by Niall Buggy and Tickets €14*/€12*. Preview €10* David Ganly. This play is bursting with humanity as it Dublin, award-winning playwright Conor McPherson (Seafarer, The Weir and Shining City) explores murder, forgiveness, survival and, ultimately, weaves together a moving and funny tale of loves lost and found, the consequences of big NoRopes Theatre Company return with their love in the prison of the human heart. most exciting production to date, Wake by the 100 minutes, no interval dreams and the significance of even our smallest choices. award-winning YA author Deirdre Sullivan. Fresh from her Druid Fuel experience, director Mairéad Folan presents the world premiere of Sullivan’s Directed by Andrew Flynn feminist retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid. Cast: Garrett Keogh, Patrick Ryan, Jarlath Tivnan Caitríona’s sister Mara has gone missing and has left a mystery in her wake. Caitríona examines her loss and love, her anger and pain and what Mara has left behind is painfully inadequate to Tues 12 - Sat 16 February, 8pm help her cope - from revisiting a childhood story, to confronting a difficult possibility, to reliving the Tickets €24*/€22* interactions they shared in the months leading up to her disappearance. With Tara Breathnach It’s hard to find a word that captures and Orla Ní Thiobraide. it adequately. ‘Superb’ will have to do. THE IRISH TIMES SUPPORTED BY THE ARTS COUNCIL’S ARTS AND DISABILITY CONNECT SCHEME

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KCP Concerts Swan Lake is one of the most famous and best loved works in the ballet One of my favourite singers The Royal repertoire worldwide. The Royal of all time Moscow Ballet Moscow Ballet’s production is an JOOLS HOLLAND irresistible combination of drama and SWAN LAKE tragedy set against the dramatic battle Scottish songstress Eddi Reader makes a between good and evil, with world class welcome return to Galway, joined by her Sun 24 February dancers, sumptuous costumes and regular band members John Douglas (guitar 2pm & 8pm wonderful stage sets and decorations. & vocals), Boo Hewerdine (guitar & vocals), Tickets €30* Duration 2 hours 30 minutes, Alan Kelly (piano accordion) and Kevin Keith Barry including interval. EDDI READER McGuire (double bass & vocals). DECEPTION With her captivating and powerful Tues 19 February 8pm performance, Eddi is one of popular music’s Tickets €22* most thrilling and affecting performers. Thurs 21 - Sat 23 February 8pm Tickets €30* two hours of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly Mon 25-Thurs 28 February unadulterated fun 8pm IRISH DAILY MAIL POSTCARDS Tickets €28*/€26* Lisa Richards Agency 3 HAIL MARYS This theatre show FROM THE LEDGE Starring Rory Nolan as Ross By Tommy Marren GEARÓID puts the ROCK in the By Paul Howard Directed by Jimmy Fay place that suits him Thurs 21- Sat 23 February FARRELLY best – centre stage Having played to rave reviews and … tremendously, standing ovations at the Gaiety 8pm Tickets €22*/€20* GLORIOUSLY funny Theatre, Postcards from the Ledge, Thurs 21 February IRISH INDEPENDENT starring the ‘incomparable’ Rory Back due to phenomenal public 8.30pm Nolan as Ross, visits Galway for the Tickets €12* very, first, time! Do Not Miss! demand! A night of hilarious comedy… the best opening act GENIUS… in his price range After spending over 10 years together Gearóid Farrelly brings his brand incomparable Duration 2 hours, including interval JOAN RIVERS in the same nursing home, it’s time for of chatty stand-up comedy performance Mary O’Toole, Mary O’Neill and Mary on tour addressing everything SUNDAY INDEPENDENT O’Brien to bid farewell to one another. Would you not see if from Trump to de-cluttering and you can get something From nostalgia to comedy and even a explaining why you shouldn’t

few sing-songs it’s going to be one hell toilet train a cat! in a Panto? of a hooley! This is a must-see! GEARÓID’S MOTHER 22 23 Spelman’s nihilistic take Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre HHHH on the legacy of baby Bosco’s 40th A sophisticated and boomers is rich with bracing piece on living humour. Anniversary Tour with HIV in Ireland LORNA SIGGINS, IRISH TIMES THE IRISH TIMES BOSCO’S GARDEN

APOPTOSIS and SNOW WHITE Shaun Dunne and Audienceware Starring Rob Kingsley winner of The National Sunday 3 March 2pm & 4pm Talking Shop Ensemble Mon 25 - Thurs 28 February 8.30pm proudly presents Tribute Music Awards “Official Elvis Show” and Tickets €12*. Age guidance 3+ Tickets €10*/€8 “No.1 Male Tribute” is internationally renowned RAPIDS as the best Elvis Presley tribute concert, touring Do you know what you want in life? Money, success, true love? All our lives, A VISION the world today. Celebrating the show’s 10th Primary schools from all over Galway Wed 6 March 8pm society tells us what to value- but do we really want these things we’re told are so OF ELVIS Anniversary, A Vision of Elvis is an emotional important? Apoptosis follows five characters who are trying to choose what they COIRM GAEL LINN City and County present 20-minute rollercoaster through time engaging audiences variety shows, as Gaeilge. Exploring instances of disclosure want in life, as well as deal with the choices they’ve already made. Friday 1 March 8pm with a true Elvis Concert experience featuring Dé Luain 4 & Dé Máirt 5 Márta and the presence of stigma in Duration 90 minutes, no interval Tickets €28* Elvis’s greatest hits. 10am - 4pm Tuilleadh Eolais www.gael-linn.ie/coirm the lives of men and women Gan Táille/Free Admission who are HIV+ in Ireland today, this smash hit show that looks Two of the city’s most exciting emerging comics TOTALLY DUBLIN to playfully and respectfully Tom Keating presents make the private public. John Connor In making this piece, the IRELAND’S CALL company have collaborated with several groups from the HIV+ Mon 4 March 8pm community. From young men in Tickets €18*/€16* rural Ireland to migrant women seeking asylum, this form- MARTIN ANGOLO & KEITH FOX Fresh from playing to full Follow the lives and family histories of flipping piece of documentary houses at the Edinburgh three young men as they grow up in theatre will take you through A NIGHT OF Fringe, two of the country’s Coolock on Dublin’s Northside. What the myriad of perspectives and best up and coming comedians shapes them and entices them to a life experiences that compound STAND UP COMEDY bring their new show to of crime? Examining issues of class, what it means to live positive in Galway. This is a show not to religion and identity, this new play is an this country. unflinching exploration of the Irish psyche, be missed. A stark anthem to Duration 75 minutes, no interval Friday 1 March 8.30pm bringing our collective guilts, secrets and life on the margins Duration 105 minutes, Sat 2 March flaws to the surface. Tickets €12* THE IRISH TIMES including interval Tickets €28.50* 24 A celebrated but exacting 25 Róisín Dubh Comedy & professor of metaphysical Róisín Dubh presents poetry, Vivian Bearing has Special Eye Entertainment been diagnosed with an Jason Byrne THE 2 JOHNNIES: aggressive form of cancer. It seems her life is nearing its YOU CAN COME Twin Productions GET LOOSE final chapter. IN, BUT DON’T As she submits herself to Friday 15 March 8pm Tickets €22* an experimental treatment, START ANYTHING Vivian approaches her From the Small Town to the big stage, Get Loose is an hilarious look behind the illness with the same Sat 9 March 8pm uncompromising rigour she scenes of what makes Ireland tick. Meet Tickets €22* Mr. Chairman and the self-proclaimed brings to bear on the sonnets GALWAY YOUTH THEATRE Hardest Man in Hurling “Noel” as they try Over 15’s only. There is no support act. of John Donne. Through it & GALWAY ARTS CENTRE new ways to raise funds for their club. all she comes to reassess www.jasonbyrne.ie Farmers Tom and Gerry on a recruitment Lisa Richards presents her life and her work with profundity and a moving A brand new show from ‘The Tues 12 - Sat 16 March 8pm drive for more farmers with their hit Outright King of Live Comedy’ single The Silage Song. A mix of sketches, KEVIN wry humour. Diffused Theatre Company Matinee Sat 16 March 3pm stand up comedy and songs from Internet THE TIMES Tickets €22*/€20* Margaret Edison’s Pulitzer sensations and the makers of Ireland's McGAHERN THE 39 STEPS funniest Podcast - hear the stories so prize winning, ‘Wit’ is a Following Monty Python’s Spamalot in 2017 and the loose, they couldn't be broadcast!! striking and sharply funny hugely popular Sister Act in 2018, Twin Productions’ Thurs 7 March 8.30pm reflection on the frailty of Wed 6, Fri 8 & Sat 9 March 8.30pm 2019 musical is Footloose, the iconic Broadway and Tickets €12* existence and of the complex Tickets €12*/€10* the big movie musical. relationship between Margaret Edson The silver tongued Cavan native and Wit Diffused Theatre takes on the two-time Tony® Footloose celebrates the wisdom of listening to young knowledge and love. star of RTÉ’s Republic of Telly brings and Drama Desk Award-winning, The 39 Steps. people, guiding them with a warm heart and an open his brand new show - the Solo Pollo Directed by Andrew Flynn Fri 8, Sat 9 March Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece, a spy novel and mind. This show has such great songs as Footloose, Tour – to Galway for the first time, a dash of Monty Python and you have this Holding Out For A Hero, Let’s Hear It For The Boy and promising a mix of traditional stand 8pm fast-paced whodunit comedy! Packed with many more beautiful melodic songs.

up, character based comedy and ”A deliciously erudite, nonstop laughs, over 150 characters (played by lovely funny songs. Tickets €20* a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage The show is directed by the AIMS award-winning amusing and affecting plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and production team Directors Brian and Seán Power, Brilliant! some good old-fashioned romance, this play is Musical and Chorus Director Eoin Corcoran, Irish Times Choreographer Declan J.Gardiner,Set design John HOT PRESS script” for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! Wright and Lighting Design Paul Kelly. THIS PRODUCTION IS BEING STAGED AS A FUNDRAISER FOR GALWAY HOSPICE Duration 110 minutes, including interval

Wit_A6_THT.indd 1 22/11/2018 12:42 26 27 Simulacra Theatre and WestWorks Theatre Company Branar, in association with Riverbank Arts Centre SamePage Theat re WOOLLY’S QUEST BULL GRAND By Mike Bartlet Thurs 21, Fri 22 March 10am & 12pm, Sat 23 March 3pm Wed 27 - Sat 30 March 8pm € € € Tickets 10* Adults, 8* Child, 30* for family (4 People) Thurs 21 - Sat 23 March Tickets €12*/€10* € 6.50 for schools. Teachers: 1 free per 10 students and/or as required 8.30pm for children with additional needs Tickets €12*/€10* Do the high numbers of mental health difficulties really point solely to Cyclone Rep This is the epic story of Woolly, the bravest of all sheep. Woolly was the first sheep who individual biological or psychological imbalances, to be solved by that dared to be different, she dared to be adventurous, she dared to discover what happens SamePage is proud to be back with individual himself? Are we living in a society that steadily pushes us all 2019 to her wool. their third production, a sharp and towards the edge, one way or another? This is a show about the daily vicious comedy centring around show, constantly buzzing around our heads. So you're in it. Join Woolly on her audacious quest to reclaim her shorn fleece. Marvel at her sheer three young business colleagues all SHAKESPEARE Duration 90 minutes, no interval bravery on a journey fraught with peril to learn what life looms beyond the gate. waiting to hear which two of them SESSIONS A rip-roaring yarn, Woolly’s Quest has it all; Branar weaves together storytelling, music, will keep their jobs. Harsh office song and puppetry in a pulsating show that will have audiences of all ages hooked! politics and workplace bullying Robert C Kelly and Theatre Mogul by Arrangement with GFour Productions LLC present are quick to come into play as the Tues 19 & Wed 20 March This is a bilingual show and is suitable for all levels of English and Irish. € three await their fate. Tickets 15* Age Group 4 years + (Junior Infants - 4th Class). (Teachers and SNAs free) Duration approx 45 minutes Duration 60 minutes, no interval Cyclone Rep, Ireland’s busiest theatre- in-education company, will perform abridged versions of Shakespeare’s texts that help to bridge the gap in student understanding of themes Fri 22 & Sat 23 March 8pm using a big helping of humour along Tickets €25* with discussions and opportunities to participate. Four different sessions will That’s good advice on the pitch but an even better be performed this year: The Hamlet metaphor for life especially when you don’t take Session, The Macbeth Session, The advice well. How hard can it be for a man to say Starring Katherine Lynch (RTÉ’s Wagons Den), Cheryl Fergison (EastEnders), Maureen Nolan Merchant Session & The Romeo & Juliet Tues 26 & Wed 27 “point taken!”. Des Bishop’s new show tries to (The Nolans) and Rebecca Wheatley (Casualty). One of Ireland’s favourite ladies night’s out Session. March digest the incredible changes we have seen in Menopause the Musical is back in Galway! This hysterical show packed full of one-liners society in the last year and a half. Me Too, consent, For bookings or more information 6pm & 8.30pm about night sweats, hot flushes and memory loss is backed by an instantly recognisable Trump, the 8th and how divided everyone is online. € contact Cyclone Rep directly at 021 Tickets 30 * soundtrack of innuendo-laden versions of 60s, 70s and 80s pop classics. Everyone welcome, snowflakes, the easily offended, 235 5356, [email protected] or visit those that complain about people being offended, PC Age advisory 16+ An all-singing, all-dancing comedy set in a department store, where four women with their website www.cyclonerep.com and non P.C. people, religious people and atheists. seemingly nothing in common, meet by chance and make fun of their woeful lives Duration all shows 120 minutes We all have points to take and goals to come! experiencing “The Change”. 28 29 Back by popular demand, Stars from the West End THE WEST present a magical evening of entertainment featuring WHAT’S THE hits from the musicals. The talented cast have starred in END IN many West End productions and national tours including STORY RORY Les Miserables, We Will Rock You, South Pacific, Singing Rory’s Stories CONCERT in the Rain, Starlight Express, Phantom Of The Opera, Debut Theatre Tour Thurs 28 March 8pm Godspell, Wicked, Joseph and Cats… to name but a few! Tickets €25* Fri 29 March 8pm In 2019, Druid’s production of Duration 2 hours 15 minutes, including interval € € Tickets 20*/ 18* Furniture by Sonya Kelly returns Rory O’Connor is Ireland's favourite for a national tour following its online funny man and best-selling author, otherwise known through his social media sell-out run at the Mick Lally sketches as Rory’s Stories. Theatre as part of the Galway Rory’s Stories takes a hilarious and frank look at every aspect of Irish life. From the International Arts Festival 2018. GAA to the Guards and everything in between, Rory's quick comedic wit perfectly captures what it means to be Irish. Written by Sonya Kelly (The Wheelchair on My Face, How to Keep an Alien), Furniture is a lighthearted new play about In association with LRJ Media Ltd. Ireland’s Young perceptions and possessions. Told RICKY TOMLINSON Filmmaker of the through the lives of six individuals, Film star, TV legend and author (my a**e) this fresh comedy looks at how “Jim Royle of The Royle family” Year 2019 the things we own shape our IRISH TIMES IRISH INDEPENDENT Sat 30 March 8pm GALWAY REGIONAL HEAT worldview and even ourselves. ‘MAGNIFICENTLY FUNNY’ ‘A TRIUMPH’ Tickets €25*/€22* FRESH FILM FESTIVAL 2019 CAST: Niall Buggy, Kate Kennedy, Join Ricky for a wonderful night of fun and Wed 13 March entertainment as he takes you on a journey through 10.15am - 1.30pm Garrett Lombard, Ruth McGill, his hugely successful career. Listen as he talks Free Admission Rory Nolan and Helen Norton. about his role in the Royle family that made him a household name plus the films and TV shows he has Booking through eventbrite/or email starred in. Take the opportunity to meet and have Fresh Film Festival TICKETS €26*/ €22* a photo with him or send up a question for him to [email protected] 1 hr 25 mins with no interval BY SONYA KELLY DIRECTED BY CATHAL CLEARY answer. Special guests Irish singer songwriter Lee Check us out on www.freshfilmfestival.com See DRUID.IE for details Roy James and comedian and actor Tony Barton. or call us on 061 319555 FRI 5 – SAT 6 APRIL, 8pm | MATINEE SAT 6 APRIL, 2.30pm 30 31

An Abbey Theatre Production MPI Artists presents Irish Folk Legend THE COUNTRY GIRLS Written & Adapted by EDNA O’BRIEN FINBAR FUREY Directed by GRAHAM McLAREN

Thurs 4 & Fri 5 April 8pm Doors 7.30pm Tickets €30* Tues 23 - Sat 27 April 8pm Joanne McNally Matinee Sat 27 April 2.30pm Wed 3 April 8pm Tickets €28*/€25*, Matinee €24*/€22* GLEEBAG Tickets €15* Edna O’Brien revisits her era-defining debut novel in a new stage adaptation. All of Edna O’Brien’s novels published during the Aiken Promotions 1960s were ruled “indecent and obscene” under Presented by the Censorship of Publications Act. This started Lakin McCarthy Stewart Francis when the publication of The Country Girls caused outrage. It was banned in Ireland by the authorities Ruby Wax, INTO THE PUNSET and publicly burned by the clergy. the Monk Sun 19 May 8pm Notoriety quickly turned to fame and this coming and the Tickets €24* of age story of two young women in 1950s Ireland Neuroscientist became a best-seller. The Country Girls is the Dublin: One City, One Book HOW TO 2019 Choice. BE HUMAN Tues 30 April 8pm € Tickets 25* Movement Director Set & Costume Design Lighting Design Composer Sound Design VICKI MANDERSON FRANCIS O’CONNOR SINÉAD WALLACE RAY HARMANN MATT PADDEN #TheCountryGirls Over the years I have enjoyed working with (using) actors, dancers and musicians during rehearsal or, best of all, from the wings during performance. This, in time, led to more formal studio portraits of actors. BRIAN BOURKE BRIAN BOURKE ON THE BOARDS TOWN HALL THEATRE GALLERY Fri 8 March - Wed 3 April